Vhaisraele vha tshi vutshela Vhafilista
1Saulo o vha o no ḓi fhedza ṅwaha muthihi kana mivhili e khosi ya Vhaisraele. 2A nanga vhanna vha 3 000 kha Vhaisraele, vha 2 000 a vha vhea hune a vha hone Mikhimashi na mivhunduni ya Bethele, vha tshigidi a vha isa Gibia na ṅwana wawe Jonathani, shangoni ḽa tsinde ḽa Benyamini. Vhaṅwe vhanna Saulo a ri vha ḓiele mahayani.
3Jonathani a rema phuphu ya Vhafilista i re Geba, Vhafilista vha zwi pfa. Saulo a vhidza Vhaheberu nga u ruma vhaḓinḓa vha yo lidza phalaphala shangoni ḽoṱhe. 4Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha pfa ayo mafhungo a uri Saulo o dia mishasha ya Vhafilista ha vha u luṱana tshoṱhe na Vhafilista. Vhathu vha vhidzwa uri vha kuvhangane Giligala ha Saulo.
5Vhalifista vha kuvhangana uri vha lwe na Vhaisraele, vhe na gariki dza nndwa dza 3 000 na vhanameli vhadzo vha 6 000 na vhahali vhe vha vha vho anda unga muṱavha wa lwanzhe. Vha gonya vha ṱoka mishasha Mikhimashi, vhubvaḓuvha ha Bethe Avene. 6Musi Vhaisraele vha tshi vhona uri zwo vha vhifhela na uri mmbi yavho i khou kundwa, vha dzumbama mapakoni na maṱakani na makwarani na milindini na mabidzini. 7Vhaṅwe Vhaheberu vha ita na u wela Jorodani vha wetshela shangoni ḽa Gadi na Giliadi.
Saulo a sa lindeli muporofita wa Muṋe washu
Saulo o vha a tshee Giligala, vhanna vhoṱhe vhe vha vha vhe nae vho vha vha tshi tou tetemela nga nyofho. 8Saulo a lindela maḓuvha e a vha o vhewa nga Samuele, hone Samuele a si swike Giligala, vhanna vha Saulo vha vho thoma u balangana. 9Ndi hone Saulo a tshi ri, “Nnḓiseleni tshiṱhavhelo tshi fhiswaho na nduvho dza u konana na Mudzimu.” Saulo a ṋekedza tshiṱhavhelo tshi fhiswaho. 10Musi a tshi tou fhedza u fhisa itsho tshiṱhavhelo, Samuele a swika, Saulo a bva a yo mu ṱanganedza.
11Samuele a mu vhudzisa a ri, “No ita mini?”
Saulo a fhindula a ri, “Ndo vhona vhanna vha tshi vho balangana, vhone vha si tsha swika nga tshifhinga tshe ra langana. Nahone Vhafilista vho vha vha tshi vho kuvhangana Mikhimashi. 12Ndi zwe nda humbula nda ri, ‘Zwino Vhafilista vha ḓo nnḓela fhano Giligala, vha nngwana ndi sa athu humbela mashudu kha Muṋe washu.’ Nda sokou ḓifunga nda ṋekedza tshiṱhavhelo tshi fhiswaho.”
13Samuele a ri, “No ita zwa vhutsilu. A no ngo tevhedza zwe Muṋe washu Mudzimu waṋu a ni laya, ngavhe ni zwi tevhedze o vha a tshi ḓo ita uri ni vhuse Israele misi yoṱhe. 14Huno zwino muvhuso waṋu a u tsha ḓo ya thambo. Muṋe washu o no ḓiṱoḓela muṅwe ane mbilu yawe ya mu funa, onoyo o mu ta uri a vhe murangaphanḓa wa vhathu vhawe, nge inwi na si tevhedze zwe Muṋe washu a ni laya.”
U kandeledzwa ha Vhaisraele
15Ndi hone Samuele a tshi takuwa Giligala a gonya Gibia shangoni ḽa Benyamini, Saulo a vhala vhanna vhe vha vha vhe nae. Vho vha vha tshi nga vha 600.
16Saulo na ṅwana wawe Jonathani na vhanna vhe vha vha vhe navho vho vha vhe Geba shangoni ḽa Benyamini, Vhafilista vhó fhaṱa mishasha Mikhimashi. 17Mishashani ya Vhafilista ha bva zwigwada zwiraru zwa vhaṱanguli. Tshiṅwe tsha livha Ofra shangoni ḽa Shuala, 18tshiṅwe tsha livha Bethe Horoni, tsha vhuraru tsha livha masakhani o ingamelaho govha ḽa Tseboimi u livhana na phanga.
19Ho vha hu si na mufulatsimbi na muthihi shangoni ḽoṱhe ḽa Israele, nge Vhafilista vha vha vho ri Vhaheberu vha nga ḓo fula mapanga kana mafumo. 20Ndi zwe Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha ḓi ya ha Vhafilista u yo ṱuṱulisa malembe avho na dzipiki na dzimbaḓo na dzisegere. 21Mutengo wa u ṱuṱulisa malembe na dzipiki wo vha u mangwende mavhili, wa u ṱuṱulisa malembe na dzipiki wo vha u mangwende mavhili, wa u ṱuṱulisa forogo dza maṋo mararu na dzimbaḓo na u lugisa nthi dza phulu wo vha u ḽingwende ḽithihi ḽiṱuku. 22Ndi zwe musi wa nndwa ha vha hu si na muhali na muthihi a re na Saulo na Jonathani o faraho banga kana pfumo, ndi Saulo na ṅwana wawe Jonathani fhedzi vhe vha vha vhe na zwihali.
Jonathani a tshi tshoṱhela Vhafilista
23Zwino ho vha ho bva tshigwada tsha Vhafilista tsha yo linda phara ya Mikhimashi.
